A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.8695° East, -6.2672° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000dcxg. Event ids that are associated: us2000dcxg. The temblor was reported at 06:09:28 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 20:09:28 / February 25, 2018 @ 8:09 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari. Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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